Matt is home, we're heading out!

Daddy's re-entry is almost always celebrated with a good wrestle.  Lydia and I sit on the sidelines and laugh til we cry.  Lydia is not much for wrestling and I'm in the no-way-jose category.  John Paul has been known to sit out a few too (though not this time).

But Julianna and Isaac and Luke are intense.  And they love it.

[see below for JP (in the blue pants), and perhaps one reason why he is tempted to sit out a round or two!]

We rallied for a victory pyramid - Daddy is home!

It was a full afternoon with Daddy-wrestling and last minute packing and getting most of Matt's laundry through the washer/dryer.  He came in from the far north and tomorrow we head south, so the loads full of long underwear and layers upon layers are switched out for shorts and swim suits.  perfect.

Late afternoon the crowds were restless.  We walked to the mall for dinner.  Actually, we ended up snacking on street vendor food en route and it became a progressive dinner of sorts, topped off with bits of brownie cake for dessert.

And now the kids are all in bed, the luggage is zipped by the door and we have a driver picking us up at 5:30 tomorrow morning.  It'll be a bit of travel, connecting in Hong Kong to Bangkok and then a bus ride to Pattaya (on the coast east of Bangkok).  I'll be surprised if we make it door-to-door in less than 14 hours.

Good thing this little band loves to travel :)